| 正面 | 13546.prowl 英 [praʊl]美 [praʊl]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. Midnight Prowl 午夜潜行.2. Polar Prowl 极地漫游: 极地漫游(VCD)(野生动物地球村系列).3. pro- "forward" + owl (猫头鹰) => prowl: 像猫头鹰一样向前潜行、搜寻猎物。vi. 徘徊，潜行vt. 在…搜寻；潜行于n. 徘徊，潜行；悄悄踱步 例句： 1. The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending.新政府在寻求削减开支的方法。 prowl 潜行，图谋不轨来自中古英语prollen,潜行，词源不详。来自PIE*per,向前，词源同forth. prowl (v.)late 14c., prollen, "move about in search of something," of unknown origin, with no known cognates. Spelling with -w- is from 1500s (compare bowls), but pronounced "prôll" till late 18c. Meaning "go stealthily in search of prey" is first recorded 1580s. Related: Prowled; prowling. The noun, in on the prowl, is attested from 1803." |